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Hispanic Heritage Month 2017

According to the U.S. Census, Montgomery County has the largest percentage of Hispanics in Maryland: 17.9%.

28.8% of Montgomery County's students are Hispanic.

10% of Montgomery County’s businesses are Hispanic owned, compared to 5% of the entire state.

Montgomery County's Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations started off with the Executive Hispanic Gala to help Latino students achieve higher education. This year's celebration was held Thursday, September 7 at the Fillmore Silver Spring. Click here for more information.

In honor of Hispanic Heritage month, we invite you to enjoy Montgomery County's excellent lineup of original Spanish Language programming. Here are some of the highlights:

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The Google Translate Tool is displayed dynamically on Montgomery County web pages using a Google javascript function. The function is used to translate County web pages into different languages. However, the Google function displays a drop-down menu form field (with no label) and a Google logo image which has no alt tag. Google is aware of this issue.